Car construction.



PATBNTED JULY 9, 1907 G. W. REED. CAR CONSTRUCTION. APPLIUATION FILEDM'AB.30,1907

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iEORGE W. REED OF WEST BERWICK, PENNSYLVANIA; ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR &

FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST.

LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GAR CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed March 30, 1907. Serial No. 365,469.

vania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvemerit inGarConstructions, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sheathing plate constructedin accordance with my invention; and, Fig. 2

is an end view of said plate.

This invention relates to car constructions, and par- 7 ticularly to thernetal'sheathing plates that form the sides of cars. I

The object of my invention is to provide a sheathing plate havingstrengthening ribsrpressed therein and which is free from wrinkles atthe end portions of said ribs.

In the drawings which represent the preferred form of my invention, 1designates a metal plate having one or more ribs 2 pressed therein tostrengthen said plate and prevent it from buckling. After these ribshave been pressed in the plate wrinkles form in the plate at the ends ofthese ribs and thus detract greatly from the appearance oi the plate. Todraw out these wrinkles I provide the plate adjacent the ends of theribs or corruga tions 2 with a corrugation 3 extending transverselythereof. The wrinkles that form at the lower ends of the ribs 2 can bedrawn out in the same manner; namely, by providing the plate with atransversely extendir corrugation, or the plale can be provided with alaterally extending flange 4. The transversely cxtending corrugation 3and the flange 4 not only strengthen the plate but also draw out any"wrinkles that were formed by pressingthc ribs 2, as previohslydescribed, so that the plate presents a neat and ornamental appearanceand can be used advantageously for the side sheathing of a car.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

' 1. A car part comprising a flat plate provided with pressed ribs orcorrugations, and a corrugation formed in said plate adjacent one end ofsaid ribs and extending transversely thercoffsubstantially as described.a

J. A car part comprising a fiat metal plate having ribs or corrugationspressed therein, and a pressed rib formed in said plate adjacent theends of the ribs first referred to and extending transversely thereof;substantially as described. i

3. A car part comprising a metal plate provided with pressed ribs orcorrugations, an integral flange at one edge of said plate extendingtransversely of said ribs, and a ,cm-rugation formed in said plateadjacent the opposite ends of said ribs and extending transverselythereof; substantially as described.

4. A metal sheathing plate for the side of a car, provided withvertically disposed pressed ribs, an integral flange at the lower edgesaid plate, and a ridge or corrugation pressed in said plate adjacentthe upper ends of said vertically disposed ribs and extendingtransversely thereof; substantially as described. I

in testimony whereof I herelinto nilix my signature in v the presence oftwo witnesses, this 22d day of March 65 1907.

GEORGE W. REED.

Witnesses It. 0. Bownn, W. E. \VILLIAMS.

